Video: 'NBC News - Muhammad Ali on not going to war'
(Tuesday, June 20, 1967; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Muhammad Ali, the deposed heavyweight boxing champion, was convicted by a jury tonight in Houston of violating the U.S. Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to five years in prison. Continue reading Ali convicted for refusing draft, gets five years in prison 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 20 1967)
Video: '"Thurgood Marshall Nominated to Supreme Court" (Washington DC, 6/13/1967)'
(Tuesday, June 13, 1967, noon EDT) — U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson today nominated Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first African-American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Continue reading Thurgood Marshall nominated as first African-American justice on U.S. Supreme Court 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 13 1967)
Video: 'Report on Loving Case 1967'
(Monday, June 12, 1967) — The Supreme Court, in Loving v. Virginia, ruled unanimously today that states cannot outlaw interracial marriages. Continue reading Supreme Court strikes down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 12 1967)
Video: 'Martin Luther King Jr. 'Give Us the Ballot' May 17, 1957'
(Friday, May 17, 1957, afternoon EDT) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., 28, delivered his first national speech, titled “Give Us the Ballot,” advocating voting rights for African-Americans, during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom gathering at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr. delivers first national speech 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 17 1957)
Video: 'April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson makes His MLB Debut'
(Tuesday, April 15, 1947, 2:00 p.m. EST) — Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, 28, became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era today when he made his official debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers on opening day at Ebbets Field before a crowd of 26,623 spectators, more than 14,000 of whom were black. Continue reading Jackie Robinson breaks baseball’s color line, debuts with Dodgers this hour 70 years ago#OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1947)
Video: 'Eyes On The Prize - (Part 10) The Promised Land 1967–1968' (Apr. 4, 1967, at 5:17)
(Tuesday, April 4, 1967, evening EST; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–1968) and during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. denounced the war in Vietnam tonight, delivering “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence,” one of his most dramatic and controversial speeches, before 3,000 people at Riverside Church in New York City. Continue reading King denounces Vietnam War at Riverside Church 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 4 1967)
Video: 'Lurleen Wallace 1966 Campaign for Governor and Inaugural'
(Monday, January 16, 1967) — Lurleen Wallace became Alabama’s first woman governor today, replacing her term-limited husband, George Wallace, and immediately pledged that she would carry on his fight against racial integration and “federal bureaucracy” while he sought the presidency. Continue reading George Wallace’s wife Lurleen replaces husband as Alabama governor 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 16 1967)
(Tuesday, March 13, 1965; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — 16-year-old Lawrence Wallace Bradford Jr. was appointed today by New York Republican Jacob Javits to be the first black page of the U.S. Senate.
Video: 'Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 [with English subtitles]' (Mar. 25, 1965, at 54:24)
(Sunday, March 25, 1965, evening; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Viola Liuzzo, a white mother of five from Detroit who had come to Alabama to support voting rights for blacks, was shot and killed by Ku Klux Klan members tonight as she drove a black volunteer who took part in the Selma to Montgomery march that ended today to the airport.
Video: 'Eyes on the Prize (VI) — Bridge to Freedom, 1965 [with English subtitles]' (Mar. 21, 1965, at 51:25)
(Sunday, March 25, 1965, shortly afternoon; during the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954–68)) — Martin Luther King, Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully ended a 5-day march to protest the denial of voting rights to blacks from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery today, declaring: Continue reading King leads 25,000 civil rights activists to Alabama state capitol 50 years ago this afternoon (Mar 25 1965)
